bsExodus - bsBonded By bsBlood (1985) [Reissue 1989 - Original Mastering + 2 Bonus Tracks]

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Genre: Thrash Metal | Label: Combat / Relativity Records


Tracklist:

01. Bonded By Blood
02. Exodus
03. And Then There Were None
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Metal Command
06. Piranha
07. No Love
08. Deliver Us To Evil
09. Strike Of The Beast
10. And Then There Were None (Live) [Bonus track]
11. A Lesson In Violence (Live) [Bonus track]

Produced by Mark Whitaker.
Recorded at Prairie Sun Studios in July 1984,
except bonus tracks - recorded live in London, on March 8, 1989.

- Paul Baloff: vocals
- Gary Holt: guitars
- Rick Hunolt: guitars
- Rob McKillop: bass
- Tom Hunting: drums
+ Steve Souza: vocals on bonus tracks





  Bonded by Blood is the debut album by the San Francisco thrash metal band Exodus. Although the album was completed in the summer of 1984, it was not released until 1985 due to issues with Exodus and its record label. It is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums of all time, utilizing the solo trade-off method which will later become a staple of many thrash and death metal songs. It is also the only full length studio album of Exodus to feature Paul Baloff on vocals, though he was also on their 1982 Demo.


The original album cover art was an illustration of good and evil co-joined twin infants. For the 1989 reissue (with two live tracks from its Combat re-release in 1989, featuring Steve Souza on vocals) this cover was replaced with the band logo on a red-and-black image of a crowd.

Had it been released immediately after it was recorded in 1984, Exodus' Bonded by Blood might be regarded today alongside Metallica's Kill 'em All as one of the landmark albums responsible for launching the thrash metal wave. But by the time it finally hit the streets more than a year later due to numerous record company-related difficulties, the genre the band helped spawn had evolved at an alarming rate (again, largely thanks to the unstoppable Metallica) and Exodus were left to wonder what kind of impact they may have had without these setbacks. Opening with the mind-blowing power of title track, the band immediately pummels through a number of astounding thrashers, including "And Then There Were None" and, perhaps their best well-known track, "A Lesson in Violence" -- a veritable handbook for thrash etiquette. Though less enduring, "Metal Command" is one of the band's most fully realized compositions and leads the way into concert the fave "Piranha," which may sound a tad dated, or charmingly naïve depending on the listener. The same can be said for the remaining material, and while "No Love" could have done without its acoustic intro, the band closes strong with "Deliver Us to Evil" and the crushing intensity of "Strike of the Beast." The 1989 reissue on Combat Records adds a couple of live versions and drops the admittedly awful (but once again, endearingly so) original cover artwork, but there really was no reason to tweak this underground classic in any way. Put simply, Bonded by Blood is an album whose influence far exceeds its actual notoriety, and it remains a crucial piece of the thrash metal puzzle -- essential.

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